IN RE U.S. AIRWAYS GROUP, INC.

No. 03-1825.

369 F.3d 806 (2004)

In Re: US AIRWAYS GROUP, INCORPORATED, Debtor. The Retired Pilots Association of U.S. Airways, Incorporated (Soaring Eagles), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. US Airways Group, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey Gans, Thelan, Reid & Priest, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Edward Joseph Meehan, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Sherwin S. Kaplan, Thelan, Reid & Priest, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John Wm. Butler, Jr., John K. Lyons, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Chicago, Illinois; Alesia Ranney-Marinelli, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., New York, New York; E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., McGuirewoods, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia; Lawrence E. Rifken, Douglas M. Foley, McGuirewoods, L.L.P., McLean, Virginia; Janet L. Dhillon, Alexander W. Powell, Jr., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and QUARLES, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge QUARLES joined.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

During the course of its bankruptcy reorganization, appellee U.S. Airways Group, Inc. moved the bankruptcy court for permission to terminate a pension plan it maintained for its pilots. Appellant Retired Pilots Association of U.S. Airways, Inc. opposed the motion. The bankruptcy court found that U.S. Airways had demonstrated...

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